FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1951
Allied Armor Rocks
Reds • Crosse. 38th
TOKYO, Friday, May 25—(W)—A powerful allied armored task
force plunged north across the 38th parallel Thursday and split Corn_
munist forces reeling back in defeat in east-central Korea.
The daring 13-mile thrust smashed to the banks of the Choyang
river through streams of Reds. Field dispatches promptly labeled it
one of the boldest strokes of the Korean war.
"We expect great things of this effort," messaged Lt. Gen. Ed
ward M. Almond, U.S. 10th Corps
commander, who ordered the
swift attack.
Lt. Gen. James A. Van Fleet,
commander of the Eighth Army,
served notice that the controver
sial boundary would not prevent
his victorious troops from main
taining the initiative and inflict
ing the maximum number of
casualties on the Communists.
However, one frontline officer
cautioned the Reds were rein
forcing their defense screen—
rear guards—all along the east
central front.
More powerful screening forces
were being rushed south by the
Reds together with supplies, to
keep the allies from cutting the
main communist withdrawal
route.
This report tallied with air ob
servations of Red vehicles, mov
ing by night from Chorwon to
Hwachon across the central front
and well above the 38th parallel.
Other Red vehicles were again
streaming southward from the
Manchurian border into north
west Korea.
Iran Fixes
Deadline On
Oil Talks
TEHRAN, Iran, May 24-4?)--
Iran fixed a seven-day deadline
for the British - owned Anglo-
Iranian Oil Company to start
talks on ways of turning over to
the, government its vast holdings
onithe Persian Gulf.
A letter from Finance Minister
Mohammed Ali Varasteh to com
pany officials here demanded
that the company send represen:
tatives by 'May 30 to help work
out the oil nationalization pro
gram. The deadline was set after
the company failed to reply to a
similar demand.
If Anglo-Iranian, which has
exclusive production rights in
the .big southern oil fields, fails
to comply, the letter said, "the
government will have no ,choice
but to act according to its legal
duties."
Iran has rejected company
proposals that the dispute be
settled by arbitration. An inform
ed source said the government
has decided also to reject the
latest proposal by the British
government, which owns 53 per
cent of the company stock, to
send a top-level diplomatic mis
sion to negotiate the dispute.
One of " Premier Mossadegh's
right-hand men, Hussein Hassibi,
told the newspaper Keihan that
if American and British oil ex
perts refuse to work for Iran un
der the nationalized setup, "we
will exploit and operate, the oil
installations as much as we can
ourselves and close down the
rest."
Air Force Announces
Far East Replacements
WASHINGTON, May 23 (11 3 )
The Air Force tonight announced
the replacements of its two top
commanders in the Far East.
Lt. Gen. George E. Stratemey
er, Who was stricken with alheart
attack in Tokyo last week, will
be succeeded by Lt. Gen. 0. P.
Weyland as commander of the
Far East Air Forces.
Maj. Gen. Frank F. Everest, As
sistant Chief of Staff for opera
tions at Air Force headquarters,
was named to succeed Lt. Gen.
Earle E. .Partridge as Fifth Air
Force commander in Japan.
George Named Head
Of Skull And Bones
Clair George will be president
of Skull and Bones next year,
Harry Kondourajian, r e tiring
president, announced at a joint
Skull and Bones and Parmi Nous
banquet last night.
Other officers will be Marc
Kimelman, vice-president, and
Milton Bernstein, secretary-treas
urer. Parini Nous officers will be
announced early next week.
Galas 'ls Assigned
To Fort Hood, Texas
Pvt. Ernest Galas has been as
signed to the Ist Armored Divi
sion, Ft. Hood, Tex., for basic
training after completing process
ing at the 2053rd Reception Cen
ter. Galas was a former student
at the College.
Walter C. Snow,
Dies In Bellefonte
Walter C. Snow, assistant pro
fessor of education, died last
Sunday in the Centre County
Hospital, Bellefonte. Snow, who
was 62, had served on the faculty
since .4928.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE c;oLLELiz,
Final Rush Seen
For Draft Forms
WASHINGTON, May 24 (/?) —
There may be a last-minute rush
at draft boards tomorrow for ap
plications to take the forthcoming
college aptitude tests.
There is no indication, how
ever, that ,local boards plan to
extend their usual closing hours
for the day.
Selective Service headquarters
said it is up to State directors
whether any special arrange
ments are made for late corners.
None of the directors, at a meet
ing which ended here today, re
ported plans to stay open late.
College men must mail their
application cards, obtainable only
from draft boards, so that they
will be postmarked not later than
midnight Friday.
A LOT OF BULL
PITTSBURGH, May 24—(JP)--
Charlie the 1,500 pound Buffalo,
who almost killed a policeman
four years ago, was shot to death
by another policeman today.
The 20-year-old bull, one-time
king of South Park's buffalo
herd, was killed by police lieuten
ant John Feehan.
Park attendant's ordered Char
lie shot after he was badly gored
by a younger bull in a fierce
battle to regain supremacy of the
herd.
A. Pittsburgh firm will convert
Charlie's carcass into soap..
8.5 Billions Asked
For Foreign Aid
WASHINGTON, 'May 24 (VP) President Truman asked for
$8,500,000,000 today to help friendly nations throw up "a defensive
shield" against Communist Russia.
The Soviet threat is world wide," he said in a message to Con
greis outlining a broad new foreign aid program. He said the Com
munist attack may come through
"armies marching a c r o ss fron- for economic help.
tiers," or by slyer means such as Truman said in his message
internal subversion, political in- that the new $8.5-billion foreign
filtration, or sabotage. pro g r a m—covering the fiscal
Accent On Europe .year ending June 30, 1952 is
In asking new billions to help needed,to go along with the $6O
- Soviet Russia's "dreams billion program for American de
of world conquest," Truman said fense which he has already trans
the money will go to speed ship- mitted to Congress.
ments of American arms and Truman made it clear that he
economic aid to nearly 50 friendly regards Europe, with its vast in
countries around th e world. dustrial centers, as of paramount
These include Formosa, Iran, and importance in the world struggle
other powder keg centers in the against Communist aggression.
global picture, but the heavy ac- "The loss of Europe to the So
cent was on Europe. Nearly two
thirds of the total was sought for viet Union would not only be
arming Atlantic Pact nations. tragic in itself; it would also re-
Slightly over two-thirds of the suit in a tremendous shif t of
total, $6,250,000,000 would be ear- world power. It would compel us
marked for military aid. The bal- to convert the United States into
ance of $2,250,000,000 would go an isolated garrison state."
Dark Ages,
War Linked
By Truman
WASHINGTON, May 24 (JP)
President Truman warned today
a third world war might bring a
return to the "Dark Ages" and
turn American soil into a battle
front. But he expressed the hope
that his program and policies will
avert such a catastrophe.
He told a news conference that
he is "confident"— not "cocky"
as some writers have reported—
that his policies are right and
have the support of the people
of . the United States and of the
world.
He said he believes the Ameri
can people hae enough intelli
gence and energy to meet Any
situation, but he is not willing
to take a chance on seeing how
they would react under the des
truction which another world,
struggle would bring.
The President volunteered his
statement about policies near the
end of a lengthy news conference
in which he again declined to
state whether he will be a can
didate again in 1952, but said the
season is still open for all who
want to run.
7 Germans Guilty
Of War Crimes
Await Gallows
LANDSBERG, Germany, May
24—(1P)—U.S. constabulary troops
armed with machineguns pa
trolled this Bavarian river town
tonight as seven war criminals
awaited the call to the gallows,
probably early tomorrow.
The men were convicted by a
U.S. war crimes court in 1946 and
1947 of various atrocities.
The condemned men were for
mer SS Gen. Oswald Pohl, con
victed of directing destruction of
the Warsaw ghetto and of being
in charge of Nazi concentration
camps; Georg Schallermaeir, sen
tenced for concentration camp
atrocities; SS Col. Paul Blobel,
convicted of ordering the killing
of 60,000 persons in a Kiev mas
sacre; Werner Braune, convicted
in a massacre of Jews and gyp
sies; Eric Naumann, commander
of a unit which exterminated
3539 persons in three weeks; Ot
to Ohlendorf, chief of an exter
mination team charged with kill
ing 90,000 Russians; and Hans
Schmidt,' form e r adjutant of
Buchenwald.
Thespians Elect
Next Year's Officers
Carroll Chapman is the newly
elected president of Thespians.
Other officers for the coming year
are Frank Lewis, vice-president;
John Price, secretary; Marc Kim
melman, treasurer; Lo u Doro
shaw, historian; and Ray Rach
kowski, member-at-large.
NNSYLVANIA
Chiefs Told MacArthur
Of Bad Tactics— radley
WASHINGTON, May 24—(JP)—Gen. Omar N. Bradley said to-•
day that the Pentagon twice warned 'Gen. Douglas MacArthur last
fall to close the wide gap separating his forces in North Korea.
It was through this gap—stretching between the Eighth Army
on the west and the 10th Corps in the northeast corner—that many
of the Chinese Communists surged in their great winter offensive,
inflicting the heaviest American casualties of the war.
House Votes
India Money
For Grain
WASHINGTON, May 24 (W)—
The House voted today to lend
famine-stricken India - $190,000,-
000 for the purchase of American
grain and other foodstuffs.
- It refused to require the Indian
government to repay the loan in
strategic war materials, but di
rected the economic cooperation
administration, which would ne
gotiate terms, to try to get some
scarce materials as part of the
deal.
In its final form, the House
measure requires that the food be
purchased in the United States
and that at least half of _it be
transported to India in American
vessels. The ECA would have a
free hand in arranging credit
terms.
Administration leaders manag
ed to defeat by a standing vote
of 135 to 103 an amendment by
Rep. Cox (D-Ga) to write into
the bill a requirement that In
dia agree to repay the loan with
substantial quantities.of monazite
sands, manganese, beryl, cyanite,
and jute products, all scarce in
the United States and useful in
the defense program s ,
President Truman had asked
Congress to make India a gift of
the grain, about 2,000,000 tons,
as a humanitarian gesture. The
gift idea ran into immediate op
position—a great deal of which
was traced to India's refusal to
join other members of the United
Nations in branding Red China
an aggressor.
Last Independent
Comes Out Today
The last issue of the Independ
ent for the semester will be dis
tributed today featuring an arti
cle on West Dorm reaction to the
College's new dorm policy.
The issue will also contain a
personality sketch on John Lau
bach, new president of the Asso
ciation of Independent Men.
Moylan Mills, editor, said yes
terday that a new Independent
staff would not be selected until
next fall.
Small Bomb Explodes
In British Embassy
DUBLIN, Ireland, May 24 (W)
—A small bomb exploded in the
British embassy tonight amid a
shower of printed leaflets warn
ing that "the English King and
Queen visit Ireland at the peril
of their lives." No one was in
jured.
The warning referred to the
sehediiled visit of George VI and
Queen Elizabeth to Belfast in
Northern Ireland on June 1.
The bomb was wrapped in a
paper parcel and tossed through
a basement window. It did little
damage to the embassy building.
KOREAN CASUALTIES
WASHINGTON, May 24 (JP)
—A disclosure that there have
been 72,679 non-battle casual
ties in Korea today boosted
the total of all U.S. casualties
in the Korean war' to 141,955.
The new, overall figure
came out in testimony by Gen.
Omar Bradley, chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Eighty-five percent of the
non-battle casualties, pneu
monia, automobile accidents,
etc., have returned to duty, he
said, defending the Defense
Department policy of not in
cluding those casualties in its
public reports.
PAGE TnREE
Bradley, winding up his sixth
and last day of testimony in the
senate investigation of Mac-
Arthur's' dismissal, declined to
estimate how many Americans
were lost as a result of the Far
Eastern commander's disposition
of his troops.
Acheson Probe Vetoed
With Bradley's testimony end
ed, Senate investigators voted
down after heated debate a move
by Sen. Hickenlooper (R-Iowa)
to call Secretary of State Acheson
as the next witness.
Bradley 'warned in his late
testimony that the U.S. and its
North Atlantic Treaty allies
could not stop a Russian aggres
sion at this time.
"It may be," he said, "that
right at this moment we do have
more diplomatic commitments
than we can carry out militarily."
Buildup West Strength
But he added ,quickly that this
is no reason to back away from
the western defense alliance. In
stead, Bradley said, this country
should work for a buildup of
western strength to the point
where it could halt a Soviet
attack.
Bradley said he thought "from
a military point of view" that
President Truman was right in
firing MacArthur though he
said he thought the general's re
moval "probably could have been
handled better."
House Errs,
Taxes $1.02
Of Dollar
WASHINGTON, May 24—(P)—
House tax experts discovered to
day that they had voted a $1.02
tax on $l. Figuring that this was
going a bit too far, even in these
times, they decided to make the
levy 94.5 cents.
The curious situation resulted
from a vote yesterday, when the
Democratic majority of the House
ways and means committee
pushed through an increase of
12'/2 per cent in the taxes on all
individual incomes.
In doing so, they stipulated
that there would be a ceiling of
90 per cent on the amount the
government could take in taxes
from any individual's entire in
come.
But this limitation would not
be enough, in itself, to ave r t
more-than-complete confiscation
of the top dollars in income over
$lOO,OOO.
That is because each taxpayer,
under the committee's plan,
would figure his income tax at
present rates, then add 12% per
cent to the total computed tax.
The present rate on that portion
of an individual's income over
$lOO,OOO but below $150,000 is 89
per cent. Adding 12 1 per cent to
the tax total computed at that
rate would result in a tax of
$1.00125 on each dollar of the up
per bracket income. Similarly the
effective rate would have been
102.375 per cent on each dollar
of income over $200,000 and be
fore the overall 90 per cent ceil
ing began to apply.
The committee voted to make
the maximum surtax rate 84 per
cent, applying to all income over
$BO,OOO. When the 12 1 / 2 per cent
is added to the individual's tax
bill, he would be paying an ef
fective rate of 94.5 per cent on
each dollar of taxable income
over $BO,OOO.
KOREAN VETS
HARRISBURG, May 24 (IP)
A new Senate bill would extend
to veterans of the Korean War
employed\ by the commonwealth
and its municipalities all rights
given World War Two veterans